[Cerebral infarction and edema: prognostico-evolutional evaluation by neurologic signs]

The prospective study in question involves 92 patients with cerebral infarction (CI). The follow-up was carried out for 10 days with daily evaluation, and the patients were graded for the different indicators usually researched in such cases. The observations were analysed by comparing the individual indicator averages, taken over all the patients, with the global mean of all the observed values. The analysis shows that the result of the "consciousness" exam alone is the best clinical parameter to ascertain the evolution of the patient after CI.